Lessons
10-10-2016, 07:36 PM
Zuriel nodded in agreement when Qualm reaffirmed what she had said about fighters being more popular than healers. It was something only another healer could sympathize with after all. Zuriel's ears perked with interest when he requested that she give him a lesson after she mentioned the possibility of finding some horsetail out here. She understood how hard it could be to learn things on ones own. She had done it for a long time after her grandmother passed and before Kavdaya came around. There was a lot of trial and error and exploring to be done when she was learning like that, but progress was slow and not always easy. Luckily for him, she loved sharing her knowledge! "Absolutely!" she agreed easily with a smile. "Lets go see if we can find some and then I can show you how I liked to use it." She motioned with her head the way they should go before she started leading the way. "I see it pretty often out here. Horsetail likes places that are pretty wet and sandy like this. I'm not sure how healthy plant life we'll be able to find since it's been so dry, but we'll see!" she said as they walked, keeping her nose and eyes peeled for the green plant. After a few minutes she spotted some horsetail growth a short distance from the last place she had collected some from. "Oh, here we go!" she said happily, a pleased smile on her muzzle as she padded over to it. She carefully bit off a small branch of the plant and turned back toward Qualm. Sure enough, there wasn't an abundance of it like there usually was, but there was enough for them to practice on and even enough for him to take some with him. She rested the piece of the plant at her paws for a moment, settling back on her haunches as she spoke. "So this stuff is really handy for closing up scratches and lacerations. If you chew it up just a bit it gets really sticky and you can use it to glue the edges of the wound so it won't get infected as easily. See, watch-" She picked to the horsetail again, biting off a small portion and setting the other half back down before she started chewing the smaller piece into a pulp. She lifted her forepaw and used her tongue to spread the paste she made across the fur on the lower portion of her foreleg. She held it out to him with a grin so he could see how the sticky plant had basically glued her fur down to her leg. "It'll wash off of course over time. But it's really handy to have around!" |
